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,.,T- ' ^.7, ^tL 1 ( - / ■r:'.' • “:, in dBROKiCLB StriTM T« Be a CSeeB liffWB* l^j^, Ceeiplete. Neway, ~ imd EcUeble. . • (' \ ■ If Yee Deal Bedl tRb1^r6ni(^ Tea Don't Get The News. VOLUME XXXVI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7,1936 NUMBER 19k HIGHWAY MAN RAPS JOHNSTON Timmerman Declares ^xovemor Wants To Be Dictator of ' South Carolina. Cites Record of Department and Says Good Roads Speak For Themselves. RunJiVbgram ! ROOSEVELT GIVEN SUPPORT; Going. Forward County Supervisor for Farm Re habilitation Work Reports Loans of $5^,236.05. Columbia, May 4. — George Bell Timmerman, member of the state highway commission, in a radio tbmglit iommea up The 193^ crop seoaon as on end 179 of Laurens county’s farmers are planting ami getting teady for the harvest with the aid of the federal government’s rural rehabilitation pro gram, according to C. B. Owings, i county superviaor for the Resettle- Johnston’s actions as amounting to what he said was a demand “that he l>e made dictator of the highway de partment.” Timmerman vigorously denied that the commission bad been, in politics, as Johnston asserted, but said “rin? rule” over the road bureau “will only have commenced if the present gov ernor attains his ambition to become dictator.” . ' * The Lexington commissioner, taxed the governor with agreeing to sign highway bonds only if given control of the department: said he had “dis rupted its activities and squander^ its money” during his military* re gime; and had “r^rted to a more cowaWly course than Pontius Pilate” in refusing ’to pass on removal pro- and oeedings against Timmerman nine otheF cbmmissioners. His speech, made oVer a statewide radio hookup, was the third on the highwa'y issue since the general as- Feinbly recessed last week to recon vene at noon tomorrow.-The house voted to consider vetoed highway re- orgahizatibn and bond acts further Wednesday. Loans to those 179 farm families total $58,236.05. This is an average per family of ^25.39 below last year’s average of $518.42 by $193.03. This difference reflects a sub stantial improvement in the econom ic position of many of the county’s farmers in the opinion of Mr. Owings, who pointed out that the whole bene fit never will be told in figures be cause of the additoinal values meas ured only in terms of relief from hu man suffering and of improved busi ness conditions locally renting from an increased number of earning farm ers. “Of the total number of farmers on the program this year,” Mr. Owings said, “101 have bera continued'on the program from last year. Their dili gence and honest attempts to come back have been demonstrated in their payments on the loans advanced to thenv. on that program. Now this year is bringing* them as well as oth ers who have been added to the roH new opportunities." Since the relwbilitation office was established in Laurens county, Mr. Owings said, farmers have been aided by the program. He said the JOHNSTON IS TURNED DOWN R, W. Wade, ofl This City, Elected Chairman of County Demo cratic Convention Over Senator Nance, Officers for Handling Election Machinery Re-elected and Delegates Named To State Convention. Roosevelt Administration Given Enthusiastic Eln- dorsement. Resolution Endorsing Governor Johnston Over whelmingly Defeated. Laurens county Democrats - organ-j ing people of this country ; ized their forces for the summer cam-l “Now, therefore, be it resolved: paign «t the county ccmvei^on held! “That we do express to the Pr^i- Monday morning at the court house dent our appreciation for his untiring and attended by 219 delegates. efforts to better the condition of the The convention was called to order masses of our people, by R. T. Wilson, county chairman, j “That we heartily commend him and opened with prayer by Rev. Ed- for his efforts to institute some work-^ ward Long of this city. Mr. Wilson, in j able plan whidh will bring relief to his introductory remarks, paid trib- j the distre«ised farmers of our country, ute to President Roosevelt an<L the I and that we are convinced that this is Memorial Day' To Be Observed Italians take ADDIS ABABA Interesting Program Arranged' By U. D. C. for Sunday After noon At Five O’clock. Timmeman assert^ m making! work of the county advisory c^mmit- what he described as the first public j tee, • composed of T. Lane Monroe, answer of a highway commissioner to the governor’s charges that Johnston “has grown insolent in the belief that he has a right to feed his political hopes on the filth of poisonous slan ders of which, ke Is the sole author.” Timmerman, quoting the governor as terming the commission an “effec tive, far-flung political machine” in a radio address Saturday, replied: “What are the facts? And" remem ber, tliey tMA known to the governor. But since the state highway program was launched has a single member of the highway commission orjany re sponsible official “of the highway de partment been a candidate for a dis trict or statewide office. ... ■'‘It is true, so I am informed, that some of the highway commissioners ypted for Olin D. Johnston goiv- ornor, but I here and now deny re sponsibility for the travesty of his election, while I respect • the rights of others to vote for him.” Timmerman denied.7that he had ever used his position “to coerce or influence the vote of a single em ploye of the highway department for or against any candidate.” He said that while the governor charged the road bureau with extrev- agance, the records ehowed the high- ' way department “retrenched propor- . tienately aa much or more than, any other department” during the depres sion. He accused the govemof of collect ing more than the proper per diem as a legislator, and more than his constitutional pay as governor, w Johnston, he charged, favored ap- Warren Tinsley, and Mrs. Earl Work man, of the 'Farm llebt Adjustment committee, of which R. A. Babb is chairman, and of C. B. Cannon and Miss Jennie Coleman, county agricul tural and home demonstration agents, has been invaluable in giving this as sistance to iheoe farmers. General Hagood _ ^tew Post South Carolina Officer, In Army 44 Years, Quits “Vindication” Assignment. in army service, quit his “vindication assignment today as commanding of ficer of the sixth corps area and the second field army in the first step toward the retirement he had re quested. . . In a farewell statement he said his relinquishing of his twin commands here and impending retirement May 31 were the results of “an unfortu nate chain of circumstances” which rendered it unfair to “the service or myself for me to remain on the ac tive list any longer.” Ha added that his decision^ was made despite the request of President Roosevelt who in a “personal inter view asked .me not ,to retire at this time.” He described his relations with the president as “extremely cordial” and in his communication made no direct reference to his removal some weeks Democratic administration. R. W. Wade, well-known Clinton at torney, was nominated as temporary chairman over Senator C. D. Nance by the vote of *132 to 87. Subsequent ly Mr. Wade wras made permanent presiding officer, as w’as the secre tary, AHeon Lee of Laurens. Mr. Wade was placed in nomination by 0. L. Long, Laurens attorney, and Mr. Nance was nominated by W. E. John son of this city, head of the Lydia mfiUs delegation to the convention. ' Dr. Dudley Jones, of this city, was reflected as a member of the state executive committee; Ralph T. Wilson was Kkeww continued as county chairman,*their elections beii^ by ac- ciamation. Mrs. T. Lane Monroe of Laurens, was name<i county chairman, also by acclamation. Delegates Are Named necessary before any permanent re covery can be had. “That as a whole we endorse the administration of the Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt, and pledge to him our whole-hearted support in his campaign for re-election.” Johnaion Turned Down A. C. Shell of .Gray Cou^ offered a resolution endorsing the" adminis tration of Governor Olin D. Johnston, whiefi was seconded by several from the audience. TW resolution which was later overwhelmingly defeated, follows: “Whereas, since the Governor of the state has stood with,-and- co-op^- erated in the principles and policies I of,, the great Presi<lent of the Unite<l Clinton will pay tribute to her hon ored dead on Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock in the First Presbyterian church. Tjie memorial sarvice, honoring I members of Camp R. S. Owens, Unit ed Confederate Veterans, is bring sponsored by the local Stephen D. Lee chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy. World war veterans and members of the local national guard unit are cordially invited to attend, with reserved seats provided in the auditorium in order that the group may sit in a body. All congregations of the city are invited and urged by the chapter to unite in this service. This will be the last memorial service to be held for the Confederate veterans vice States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in that the relief and i'ecovory“of business and fhe welfare of the people of the With the opening of nominations, a j nation has greatly benefitttMl. total of 18,were placed in the field! “Now, be it resolved by the Demo- as - delegates .to the state convention' cratic .('ounty Convention tyf Laurens County, that the administration of II Duce H^ds African Empire. Rome anov Diher Cities In Italy Are ^enes of Wild Celebrations. 'to be held \in 'Columbia this month One of the delegates nominate<l Si*n. C. I). Nance, who requested that his name be withdrawn, stating that he would be busy with his official duties in Columbia at the time the conven tion meets and that it was an honor he had before held. The county is en titled to right delegates and after the names of those nominated had been placed conspicuously on a blacky board, the convention adopted a reso lution that the first right receiving the highest vote constitute the dele gation, with the next eight as alter- Olin I). Johnston as governor of .South Carolina be and it is he-rehy en- ejorsed.” Following the introduction of the .rt'solution Senator Nance imme<liate- ly gaine<l the floor and expressed stropg opposition to it. He state<l that he did not believe the people of Laurens county who had been-put ting pressure on the county <k*lega- tion, for good roads were going to endorae an administration that has brought confusion and chaos in the orderly ojieration of the highway de- since there is not now a liviag-mem- ber of Camp R. S. Owens in the com munity. The order of the service Sunday af ternoon wilroe as follows: Processicmal Invocation . /_ Tribute to Gamp R. S. Owens, Mrs. J. C. Roper. Roll Call of members of Gamp R. S. Owens, Robt. S. Owene. Music Re.*iding: “Sleep, Soldier, Sleep,” Miss Hums Browning. Music Tajis * H(*n<Mliction. nates. The tellers reported the fpl: jartment and completely demoralize<l lowing delegates elected: M. L. Motes of Watts Mill, 151'; 0. L Long, Laurens, 150; Jack H. Davis^ Sr., Clinton, 140; Phil D. Huff, Lau- Chicago, May 5.— Major General Jilfaospn Hagood, more than 44 years ij^ens; 139; W. Wade^ Ginton, 133; H. D. Gray, Laurens, 129; Dr. J. W. Bekson, Gray Court, 101; George T, Cook, Fountain Inn, 96. / Alternates: C. F. Fleming/ljaurens; the state’s road building program. For this resfwnsibility he placed the blame soWy upon Governor Johnston. He staUri that the governor by his out of and had kept 10,000 people work. /So long as the governor stayed in Flinn To Preach Here This Month Atlanta Minister Will Deliver Baccalaureate Sermbn Before Colleji^e Class On May Slst. Addis Ababa, May 5.-\^€ victori- OU.S Italian forces of FieM Marshal Pietro Badogiio occupied the ^ot-tom capital city of. Ethiopia today amid the cheers of native and foreign res ident, "" -The long line of motor trucks which. ha<t surged over the mountainous roads in the final Italian advance from Dessye rolled into the devastat ed city tbi.s afternoon. The enthuaiastic greetings of the population welcomed the Fascist sol diers with a feeling of security after four days and nights of the wildest experiences. The Italian commander formally reopened the Italian legation and ad- dre.ssed his warriors, thanking them for their heroic efforts in arriving at the principal city of Emperor Se lassie’s kingdom tp^ay. - The motor cavalcade of 30,000 sol diers and 1,000 trucks entered at about 4 p. m., local time (9 a. m. EST). The blackshirt warriors found the French sisters mission in flames and much of the city sacked. The Italian troOps were fired on’by/ brigands from the eucalyptas groves on the outskirt.s of the city but there were no casualties. With tears in his eyes, Jk^^arshal Badogiio offered thankal_tt>/his war riors, victorious in their <^ve on the capital through the rocky terrain of northern Ethiopia. He kissed the avi^ion general on both cheeks. / “We made it,” Ba<l<>g!io said. “Is the war over?”,the field mar shall was a.sked. “There is no .enemy,” he answered. “Therefore this must be the end.’’ Officers of the senior class of Pre.s- byjLerian college announced during the past wt*ek that the baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class.^ will be delivered by Rev. -Richard Orme Flinn, I), I)., Atlanta, Ga., on Sun daymorning, May. 31st. r Dr. Flinn, a widely known and in- flwntiaj 'minister of the Pre.sbyte- Kian denomination, orgapize<l the .North Avenue churx!h of' Atlanta action had depriVed the state of sev- . , . . iraT ,sniioK--»iKsr-s^ - •f*' served the church as its pastor since that time. He has held a numl)<‘r of S. J. Hunt, Mountville; Dc. L. R. ithe hounds of constitutional law, I pointment of the state industrial com- _ _ _ _ ^ brother their secretary at p,000 a^^ *ytear, while., ha was advocating''’that the peoi^e be allowed to elect high way commissioners. Tile * highway commiMioneri aleo' . »id: — ' (IJ That when Johnston, .“hacked / by ^yooets ahd^lmiclfilfie' gvm,' rap- sacked. scrutinized and scattered the records of the department, ^ he failed to produce evidence of a single act of corruption of culpahle negliganoe,” -aiwl his auditors prsvionaly bed fail^ to do so. .. ' - <2) That Johnston, while advMhag othere not to buy tags last faH until he made the prim $3, went ah^ and bought his b^use he knevr hia ad vice “was bad.” (3) That the goven^’a road ad ministration reduced the number of highway jobs from ^40 to 210, pre vented 6,000 other lierabm from get ting worh, and is hsunpering employ ment of 8,000 toT0,000 men now. (4) That Johnston, “this inveterate foe at bond Auiies,” promised “to go the Mghway department one better to the issnanee of bonds for roads, if h| is made boas of the hi^way depart* ment,” in hia Saturday i^ieedh:' (5T iWt “the oidy condition he haa put on signing bonds for the building of those roads is that he be made dic- /tator of the highway department.” Hmmerman said hia only reason for relying to Johnston was to jpro-’ tect “my reputation from the hnpu- tations and slurs of the goeemot.^” / MOTES HERB FROM RENNO Mrs. L Ray- and ianBly, ao, are now making their home on If. Binad etaeet, to^thatoelftenca fenncr- ^frwptod by Mr. mad Gddjpcr," coi^s area at San Antonio after he haj(f'<4itkized WPA spending polieieB. Asked specifically if he cmMidered himself a target of “political perse cution,” the general said he did not care to comment. . / . Mrs. Hurt In Fall From Horse Charlie Fos- ter of Columbia, will regret to j^w that she is a patient in a Columbia hospital wh^ she is undergoing treatment for injuries sustainsd from a fall while out horseback riding. She had* several ribs brriken and received other injuries which will necessitate her being confined to tiie hospital for the next several weeks. Mi%. Foster is pleasantly known here as Miss> Isabelle Witherspoon, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. With erspoon now of Lancaster, but for- merty of this place. Her friends are distressed to liMr of her serious ac cident* and unite in the hope that she will soon recovrir. Lynn, Clinton; Dr. C. /K Vincent.iwas willing to follow him, Mr. Nance I..aurens; A. H. Hujifhes'. Clinton; J- D. Witherspoon, Laurens; C. L. Mi lam, Mountville; W> W. Harri.s, Clin- ton, Roosevelt Elndorsed While the votes were being tabu lated, 0. L. Long of Laurens, offer ed a resolution endorsing President .Franklin D. Roosevelt, with specisl emphasis on the administration’s farm aid program. The resolution which was enthusiastically adopted without opposition or debate, follows: /‘Whereas, permanent prosperity for industry, which will enable it to continue to pay the laboring man a living wage, is dependent on prospe^ ity of the farmerSr 'and: permanent recovery can be had with out a considemble increase in the purchasing power of the farmers; and / " “Whereas, bur Democratic Presi dent, the Hbh. FriBiltfl RDOseveht, has worked untiringly durihg the first three years of his administration to better the condition of the average man, and has laid especial emphasis dition of the farmer and of the lahbr- •uiid, but no further. I wear no man’s dollar, he sakl, 1 am n'ot one of those members of the general assembly who goes to the governor’s office every morning to receive instructions as to how to vote; I am opposed to machine guM and miliary government. God have mercy/Upon us, he cried, if w® forget constitutional government and uphold a/man who hat^ ignored and violated the law, who has defied the county and who the courts in turn hayo^ruled wrong in every instance. we going to slap our courts in t)ie face to satisfy the poflitical de- /sires of a dictator, he asked? The senator referred to Ben Sawyer, the governor’s constant target, in the highest terms. He said that .Sawyer • “Whereas, it is growing more ^>bvi- ous «aoh.<^lafb»tbatl.ab. worthwbito.andi a competent-^puhlic..officia] who made his way up from a poor tenant farm boy by ha'H work to a place of trust and honor, a man who has been intsrumental in building as fine a system of highways as can be found " -- . ... At the conclusion _pf Senator Nance’s speech, he made a motion to table the Johnston endorsement reso lution, the motion being everwhelm- on the necessity of improving the con- ingly adopted without debate. TW| (Continued oo page six) Children’s Progrsun At Renno Sunday A Oliildiwn’s and Mother’s day pro- g^m will be presented at the Bapno churdi Sunday morning at %l </ciae}^ The program wiH be espepiaRy ar ranged for children and the obaerv- aaoe oi Mothir’s day. To the people of the aeeBon, lB~i0ill lv thr gsoaial pnhlk, « eorfial torttathm jiftnaiad to Hospital Section In Today’s Paper With this issue of The Chronicle comes a special “National Hos pital Day” section produced at the request of Dr. Hays’ hospital of -this cHy. The special, edition has been planned by Dr. D. 0. Rhame, Jr., of Dr. Hays* hospital, and is interesting from start to finish. Its pages, are filled with timely health articles and valuable information. It also carries illustrations of Dr. i^ys’ hospital and its modem facilities, together with p))otogrsph8 and sketches of the infirmaries at Thom- well orphanage and State Training school. / \ National Hospital day will be observed May 12th by thousands of hospitals throughout the United States, and for the first time th^ local hospital is. joining in the celebration ks “their paper” indicates. Thp purpose of hospital day is to encourage the public to know hos pitals better, to learn more of the work in which 700,0(W men, women arid children are served daily in the hospital beds, and to give infor mation of the growing number of well-taained/ efficient doctors, nurses and other health workers who sx« fitted for their work by the hospitals. The echtion is higfaiy creditable. While ^ is not Yor The Chronicle to^aas opinion on a product in which it has had a hand,'it is in order to ad^riM biv~readeri to'Ho through ita-jpi^Ees carefalljF and toanUkrise yoursal^ with its eontento. T 1' highly church impoitant positions in his and during the war servisl (»vei s<'Hs'as a rector. I)r. Flinn is not a. stranger in Clin ton where he has fretjuently visite<l. Twenty-five years ago he conducted a two weeks evangelistic meeting in the ^irst Presbyterian church of this, city. For a number of years he 'served as a member of the board of trustees of Thomvjell orphanage, 4nd in 1911 received The degree of doctor of divinity from Presbyterian college. , . After driving off temiiorarily the ‘group of marauders who concentrated fire on the legation compound for about five minutes, the little ban<l of four—a vice consul and three navy radio men—chtn*re<l, th<* arrival drTlTT Court Convenes Next Monday - The—May—twm-of-cml court convene in Laurens next Mon^y, May Uth. The following panel of petit jurors have been drawn To serve: Youngs—W. H. Abercrombie, J. E. Hunt, R. W. Stewart, W. 0. Sutton, S. D. Cooper, J. D. DeShielda. Crosi^ Hillr=WL__A._ ther C. Smith, J. A. Reeder.^ Laurena—Jno. H. Hudgens, E. C. , L. Americans Repulse Rioters Washington, May 5. — Rioting na tives suddenly tunK*<l heavy fire on the reoccupied American legation in Addis Ababa tonight but were driven back. ’ Aid from Italian troops requested by the American defenders w’as quick ly forthcom^ing. Italain troopers with two officers. Toniiyit’s attack represented the third sortie against the legation in the fourth day of the siege by rioting liatives. , As they ha<l done on the two pre vious assaults, the Americans return- e<l shot for shot from the few rifles, shotguns and pistols in their pos.ses- sion. Finally they beat off their a.s- sailants. The latest attack came several hours after Vice C/onsul William M. Cramp of Philadelphia, and three of the four imi lore attached-to the lega tion as radio operators, had reoccu- pie<l the building which they had abandoned earlier in the day to seek shelter in the well-fortified British legation at’the direction of Secretary Hiill. They returned to the legation at 5 (Ethiopian time) one hour after the vangwrd of the conquering Ital- 7 ian army had entered the city. / Officials here who had belipved arrival of the Italian military nasant a quick restoration of order in the riot and flame-swept Ethiopian capi tal, were astonished tonight on re- leeiving a messHge from C’ramn timed at 11 p. m.v Addis Ababa time in Wolfe, Byron Brown, Robt. M. Erwin, A. D. Mitchell. ■-^Dials—W. WT-Willis, W. H. Bolt, Will H. Hen^nBbn,~J. B. tTwings, B. V. Gray. Waterloo—‘R. A. ifnight, Carl T. Smith. Hunter—H/B. Henderson, T. H. Miller, B. C. Blalock, D. W. Cope land, P. W. Bums. Sullivan — G. C. Vaughn, W, B. Bolt, Jr., T. R. Woods, J. L. M. Kel- which he reported Jhe new attack. Ethiopia Is Italian _ Rome, Max, 5.^An exultant Italy heard from Premier Mussolini’s own lips tonight the long awaited news that she is mistress of a vast African lett. Geo. D. Babb, J. T. Culbertson. Jacks-^David T. Pitts, Fred John son. ^ • Scuffletown—W. H. Lynch, C. Bragg. . / Anniversary Day At Presbyterian empire. In a voice hoarsely emotipnal, Mus solini announced tjhe climax of the Fascist triumph while an^estimated 400,000 Romans jammed the plaza in fre>nt of the Venezia palace and ad jacent streets, ^nd 20,000,000 Italians j listened throughout Italy.*. “Ethiopia is Italian!” II Duce shouted.. The crowd yelled deliriotwly. “The 4var is ended!” he proclaimed. More cheers reverberated agaihst the dun colored walls of the Venezia pal ace and the gleaming white columns of the national monument to the dead of previous wars. Anniversary and Mother’s Day will Ibe iShservod at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning. Hie occuanm will be the 72nd anniveraary of the Sunday school of the church, with a special and appropriate program ar ranged for children and mothers. An invitation haa been extended parents of the ehurch to present dnldren for haptiBnrat 1^10 o’clock hour.' To theee epedai eMsoisea the poUk is cordially invited. Chamber Meefs Tuesday Night The May meeting of the Chamber of Commerce wijl be hrid at the 'a room next Tues^y evening at with the reoently^electcd officers to charge. All nieBdiai».aa«^toyiM be pTOiSBt siiioe thk It tha tog of tbe fleer |^/ -.-‘fl' J'*- . : -.A, ,. V H't- •